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EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING AND ANNUAL EXHIBITION PREPARATION
This is a reminder that an Extraordinary General Meeting will be held on Thursday 1st August commening at 7:30. The purpose of the meeting will be to consider all those items of a Constitutional nature that could not be resolved at the AGM on 16th May because the meeting was not quorate. Currently the quorum figure is 35% of the registered membership i.e at least 51 members need to be present and on 16th May only 49 members attended. It is most important that all outstanding matters are dealt with at this EGM so PLEASE PLEASE make very effort to attend. The quorum for the EGM is the same as for the AGM i.e. 35% of membership – 51.
Copies of the Agenda and all the supporting papers to be considered can be downloaded from Dropbox using the link ‘here’ in the Newsletter of 8th July 2019
The second half of the meeting will be used to consider all outstanding issues relating to the preparation for the Annual Exhibition to be held from 10th to 17th August inclusive
RAFFLE PRIZES FOR EXHIBITION PREVIEW EVENING
We will be holding a raffle on the Annual Exhibition Preview Evening on 9th August so we are seeking donations of wine or spirits to use as prizes. If you are able to contribute some alcoholic beverage, or anything else suitable, please bring that to the EGM on 1st August. Carmel Lynich is co-ordinating this and would be pleased to receive your donations either of goods or cash
PAGB Championship at Warwick – July 2019
This is the full report and result of the PAGB Championship at Warwick on Saturday 13th July, Chichester CC qualified by winning the SCPF Championship in March.
As you can see in the result report out of the best 36 Clubs in Great Britain Chichester achieved a creditable 19th which when considering 1200 in the PAGB we are in the top 20 PDI Club in GB not bad result.
Our best scores were:
Sheila Tester = Dalmatian Pelican Defending Territory 15 out of 15
Ann McDonald = Gannet Defending Space 14 out of 15
Ann McDonald = The Sawmill Foreman 13 out of 15
John Howes = The Scoundrel & the Scholar 13 out of 15
Jim Munday = Taking a pounding 13 out of 15
Images that scored well during the competitions were Black & White with a narrative. Nature images, good sport type of photographs, good environmental portraiture and amazingly dog pictures. These are my thoughts from Saturday, a very interesting day. The five pictures below are from the above photographers; see who is whose.
Peter Rocchiccioli Chair Selection Committee
Sony Camera Event At Goodwood Tomorrow Saturday 13th July
Just for information. London Camera Exchange are hosting a Sony Camera event at Goodwood tomorrow – 09.00 to 15.00.
ANNUAL EXHIBITION NEWS
It is five weeks until the opening of the Annual Exhibition, so here are a few reminders of what will be happening and what we still need to do.
Thursday 1st August – the Club Members’ Pre-Exhibition Meeting. This is at Tangmere Village Centre, our usual Club venue at the usual time of 7.30pm. Please bring your diary/calendar and your wallet. The Exhibition Catalogue will be available at the end of the meeting – still only £1, and there will be posters and flyers for you make a nuisance of yourself with.
Sheila Tester will also be asking for contributions either in cash, or in kind for the Preview Evening buffet supper. We will also be appealing for home-made cakes that we can sell by the slice during Exhibition week.
Stewarding – volunteers for stewarding are needed for various dates throughout Exhibition week. I will have the Rota Sheet at the Members’ Pre-Exhibition Meeting on 1st August. I realize that some people are working and/or have other daytime commitments, but if you have images in the Exhibition, please try to help-out with the Stewarding.
Friday 9th August – Exhibition Set-Up Day. All Members should attend on Friday morning set up their own exhibit in accordance with the layout design. If you cannot get there, other people may be willing to help with this, so please ask. There will be plenty of help on hand for those who haven’t done this before. We don’t really want people to arrive much before 10am so that the stands, prints and panel numbers etc can be properly distributed and checked. If you arrive earlier, you may be standing around for a while.
It may be helpful to bring a tape measure, a small level, some string and some tape to simplify the job of arranging the prints on the panel. The Club does carry some of these items that are available for you to use if you do not have your own and the Club will be providing the Velcro pads used to attach the prints for the display boards. And, thanks to Jeff Owen and Ray Thurgood, the Display boards are all now in good shape.
Friday 9th August – Exhibition Preview Evening. All Members, their families and friends are invited to attend the Exhibition Preview Evening. We also welcome invited guests from other camera clubs. We aim to gather from 7pm for 7.30 start. After the preliminaries and Awards’ ceremonials, there will be our traditional buffet (Sheila Tester will be looking for helpers) and a chance to view the exhibition before it opens to the public the following day. This is a usually a really enjoyable, social evening, so even if you didn’t submit anything for the Exhibition this year, please do come along.
Saturday 10th to Saturday 17th August (closed Sunday) the Exhibition is open from 10am to 5pm each day, with coffee, tea and cake available. There are some 293 prints form and 149 projected images on show. Members who wish to have their own greetings cards on sale can do so – with a 15% commission to the Club. Please bring these along on the Friday.
Saturday 17th August – 5pm – Exhibition Take-Down. Again, all Members should try to attend at the end of the Exhibition to take down their prints, or make an arrangement with someone else to do so. Some prints may be requisitioned by the Selection Committee for consideration and use in external competitions next season.
EGM and Pre-Exhibition Meeting – 1st August
All members please note that on 1st August commencing at 7:30 pm at Tangmere we will be holding an Extraordinary General Meeting required as a result of the recent AGM not being quorate. The meeting will consider the election of Officers and Post Holders and proposals relating to revised dates for the Club’s financial year and a change in the deadline date for payment of subscriptions. We need to get a quorum on this occasion to determine these matters
The second half of the evening will be our usual pre Exhibition meeting when details of the cup winners and certificates of merit will be announced, final preparations for the Exhibition will be made and copies of the Exhibition Brochure and
Further details will be circulated at the beginning of July but please put the date in your diary and make every effort to attend
Midhurst Camera Club Photography Exhibition
Midhurst Camera Club are holding a Photography Exhibition on 6th and 7th July in the Memorial Hall, North Street Midhust from 10am to 4pm. The poster for the Exhibition is shown below
LONDON SALON MEDAL FOR Lorna Brown!
I’m delighted to announce that Lorna Brown EFIAP, has won a Salon Medal at this year’s London Salon of Photography. Over the years only five Chichester Camera Club members have achieved this rare distinction, Lorna now takes this number up to six!
In addition to her medal Lorna has had two images accepted at the salon. This is a significant achievement in a salon where only a very small number of submitted prints are accepted for exhibition. All of the accepted images may be viewed on the Salon website here http://www.londonsalon.org/2019-salon/4594634346
Congratulations Lorna!
FIAP DISTINCTION SUCCESSES FOR CHICHESTER CAMERA CLUB!
I am delighted to announce that I’ve just heard from Dave Coates that ALL the applications for FIAP Distinctions from Chichester Camera Club have been successful. Congratulations to the following four Chichester Camera Club members who have gained new FIAP distinctions.
Lorna Brown EFIAP
Chris Gledhill EFIAP
Jim Munday EFIAP
Ann McDonald EFIAP/Silver
Very well done to everyone for a terrific result!
The image featured above is Nubra Valley Landscape © Chris Gledhill.
